Book
The Saint of Beersheba
State University of New York Press • Albany • Published In 1990 • Pages: viii, 148
By: Weingrod, Alex.
Abstract
This document presents a brief biographical sketch of Rabbi Chayim Chouri, a new Jewish ZADDIK ('saint' or holy man), possessing special spiritual powers, and the yearly pilgrimage (HILLULA) to his grave in the municipal cemetery of the city of Beersheba in Israel's southern Negev region. Weingrod describes in detail the events taking place at the gravesite, and compares this pilgrimage to other similar celebrations in recent years that have taken place in Israel by Jews from Kurdistan, Iran, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Morocco (ca. 1960s-1980s). The author notes that the pilgrims who took part in the observances at the gravesite of the Rabbi Chayim Chouri were primarily immigrant Tunisians and Moroccans (the rabbi himself was of Tunisian origin).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field Date
- 1978-1980s
- Coverage Date
- ca.1957-1980s
- Coverage Place
- Beersheba, southern Negev region, Israel
- Notes
- by Alex Weingrod ; [photography by Daniel Weingrod]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122) and index
- LCCN
- 89004047
- LCSH
- Israelis